Type 2 Diabetes Patient Handouts
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The Challenge
The diabetes clinic at the Montefiore Health Centre in the Bronx faces high re-admission rates with their adult patients living with type 2 diabetes. The demographics the clinic serves within their community often present many barriers to effective self-management, such as little or no English literacy, low income, low health literacy, or cultures that have non-diabetic friendly diets.
The Goal
Montefiore Health Centre aims to reduce the re-admission rates by helping adults living with type 2 diabetes better understand their diabetes so that they understand the importance of their own roles in their diabetes management. With the help of Bridgeable, Montefiore Health Centre sought to create a tool to facilitate education-focused discussions between the healthcare team, patients, and their caregivers during appointments.
The Solution
The type 2 diabetes patient handout uses the patient-voice to divide the basics of type 2 diabetes into 12 key topics such as what happens in type 2 diabetes, how much blood sugar is too much, how to prepare an insulin pen, and why the healthcare team cannot just manage diabetes for the patient. It uses a simple and relatable analogy to explain the complex medical concepts behind diabetes using supporting illustrations at each step. The handout goes beyond giving simple advice to providing the rationale behind the advice to help patients understand the need and importance of the advice. The design of the handout takes into consideration the health literacy and literacy of the audience, relatability of analogies, stories, characters, and imagery, and printability of the handouts using clinic printers.
My Contributions
Art direction / Storyboards / Visual development / Content-development / PowerPoint design
Disclaimer
This asset contains general information about Type 2 diabetes and its treatments. The information is not advice, and should not be treated as such. The medical information in this asset is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. Bridgeable makes no representations or warranties in relation to the medical information in this asset. Bridgeable does not warrant that:
You must not rely on the information in this asset as an alternative to medical advice from your doctor or other professional healthcare provider. If you have any specific questions about any medical matter, you should consult your doctor or other professional healthcare provider. If you think you may be suffering from any medical condition you should seek immediate medical attention. You should never delay seeking medical advice, disregard medical advice, or discontinue medical treatment because of information in this asset.
Client
Montefiore Health Centre
Collaborators
Bridgeable and Montefiore Health Centre
Format
PowerPoint handouts
